Woah that’s not something I’ve heard smooth (or any commercial station in Aus) play for a LONG time. Interesting though, I played it the other day🤔.
That Magic log looks quite good - I’d take that over 3MP as I’m not much of an “Easy Music” fan pre-1980s.
Meanwhile, up in Sydney, let’s look at how 2UE compares with 2CH at present, the latter which is due to be replaced by SEN eventually.
2UE 954
"Sydney’s Best Music"
Friday 3rd July 2020 - 7-8pm AEST
The Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What A Night) (1975)
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man (1965)
James Taylor - Fire & Rain (1970)
Fischer Z - So Long (1980)
George Michael - Faith (1987)
The Hollies - He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (1969)
Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You (1976)
Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff (1974)
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? (1969)
Rod Stewart - Maggie May (1971)
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High (1972)
John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (with Glasses) (1967)
Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Sole Of Her Shoes (1986)
2CH 1170
"Classic Hits"
Friday 3rd July 2020 - 7-8pm AEST
Little River Band - Reminiscing (1978)
The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better (1964)
Billy Paul - Me & Mrs Jones (1972)
Dionne Warwick - You’ll Never Get To Heaven (1964)
Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980)
Them - Here Comes The Night (1965)
Fleetwood Mac - Don’t Stop (1977)
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1954)
Matt Monro - Born Free (1966)
Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (1983)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
ABBA - Waterloo (1974)
Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years (1989)
I heard “I’ll Fly For You” on Coles Radio of all places a few weeks ago. I think 2XL spin it occasionally, too.
A cool track for those cool blustery South Gippsland days, eh?
Yep, those cool and just nice South Gippsland days (except for the rain, great for the farms & reservoirs but not much else). Speaking of, here’s an hour I put together just recently:
Local Radio 3mFM
“Local People, Local Focus, Local Radio”
Program: Spotlight
Monday 01/06/2020 9-10pm/Saturday 06/06/2020 4-5pm
Creedence Clearwater Revival - WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN
Eddie Rabbitt - I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT
Supertramp - IT’S RAINING AGAIN
Foreigner - COLD AS ICE
The Eurythmics - HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN
Simon & Garfunkel - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER
The Bangles - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER
Vanilla Ice - ICE ICE BABY
The Rolling Stones - SHE’S SO COLD
Imagine Dragons - THUNDER
Boom Crash Opera - DANCING IN THE STORM
The Script - RAIN
Tones & I - NEVER SEEN THE RAIN
Nice work. That’s the sort of thing I’ll be doing, though with sets of three or four songs.
That Smooth log really shows the market opportunity that 3MP has. I suppose the positioner as ‘Feel Good’ makes my thought of a comparison to that phase of Mix, not what I’d have expected from Smooth.
Magic probably wins it for me music wise out of that hour - but I wish they were as organised with presenters and overall station flow as 3MP are - surely it isn’t costing ACE much to do what they are doing with 3MP, yet the overall sound as a radio station is vastly better than Magic.
Smooth is getting very safe in its playlist. The Spandau song is the only real winner there apart from SOS (because it happens to be my favourite ABBA song). But apart from those two… It’s wall to wall over-flogged songs. Why are they doing this?
I prefer Smooth Relax now.
Reversion to the mean.
I like Smooth Relax also 
Given the developments below…
…I thought we’d look at how WS, 2Day & Smooth are sounding at present.
From yesterday afternoon at 2-3pm.
101.7 WSFM
“Better Music & More Of It”
Monday 13th July 2020
Starship -We Built This City
Prince - Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
John Waite -Missing You
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Bruce Hornsby / The Range - The Way It Is
Men At Work - Down Under
REM - Everybody Hurts
Billy Joel - Tell Her About It
INXS - Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
104.1 2DayFM
“Making Sydney Feel Good”
Monday 13th July 2020
Topic / A7S - Breaking Me
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah
Madonna - Vogue
Pink / Cash Cash - Can We Pretend?
Pearl Jam - Daughter
Luis Fonsi / Daddy Yankee / Justin Bieber - Despacito
Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love
Daryl Braithwaite - Love Songs
Smooth 95.3
“Sydney’s Feel Good Station”
Monday 13th July 2020
Irene Cara - Fame
Paul Simon -You Can Call Me Al
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
Keala Settle / The Greatest Showman Ensemble - This Is Me
The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)
Mariah Carey - Emotions
Patrick Swayze - She’s Like The Wind
Daryl Braithwaite - Love Songs
And in case you’re wondering what Gold 104.3 in Melbourne was sounding like during that same hour…
Gold 104.3
“Better Music & More Of It”
Monday 13th July 2020
Wham! - I’m Your Man
Billy Idol - White Wedding
No Doubt - Don’t Speak
Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders
Queen - Killer Queen
Kool & The Gang - Celebration
Richard Marx - Should’ve Known Better
Mr Big - To Be With You
Models - Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight
Starship - We Built This City
The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
Paul Kelly - Dumb Things
Can you do Nova and KIIS too?
I’ll do that. 
These are also from yesterday afternoon at 2-3pm.
Nova 96.9
"Fresh Hits & Throwbacks"
Monday 13th July 2020
Calvin Harris - Feel So Close
Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Harry Styles - Adore You
Taylor Swift - Blank Space
Jubel / Neimy - Dancing In The Moonlight (remix)
Kanye West - Stronger
Doja Cat - Say So
Regard - Ride It
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (this was played on WS between 10 & 11am earlier that day)
Ariana Grande / Justin Bieber - Stuck With U
Topic / A7S - Breaking Me
Sia - Together
Drax Project / Hailee Steinfeld - Woke Up Late
KIIS 106.5
"Sydney’s #1 Hit Music Station"
Monday 13th July 2020
Sia - Together
Justin Bieber / Quavo - Intentions
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Lewis Capaldi / Future Humans - Someone You Loved (Remix)
Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
The Weeknd - In Your Eyes
Adele - Water Under The Bridge
Brando - Look Into My Eyes
Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
Chris Brown / Juelz Santana - Run It!
Amy Shark - Everybody Rise
Maroon 5 / Wiz Khalifa - Payphone
Miley Cyrus - Slide Away
Beyonce - Sweet Dreams
Panic! At The Disco - The Greatest Show
Calum Scott / Tiesto - Dancing On My Own (Remix)
Thanks. A lot more crossover than there has ever been before.
Hasn’t WS gone downhill. None of those playlists jump out at me. Smooth would be my pick.
I agree. That WS log is horrible.
Things I hate on Nova and KIIS.
Horrible dance remixes of quality ballads:
Lewis Capaldi / Future Humans - Someone You Loved (Remix)
Horrible remakes:
Brando - Look Into My Eyes
Horrible dance remixes of horrible remakes:
Jubel / Neimy - Dancing In The Moonlight (remix)
Horrible songs overplayed every couple of hours:
Doja Cat - Say So
Mouldy oldies that won’t die:
Ne-Yo - So Sick
If that is a ‘mouldy oldie’ then what does that make me? I had to look that one up on YouTube as I couldn’t identify it off the bat. It’s from 2005 and I actually do know it…
2005 was fifteen years ago (shudder) and in the context of CHR yes, that is old.
It gets worse. They played Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers today. Thst is so not a Nova song. Are they trying to be 2Day now or Triple M?
The RHCP are a classic band that seems to resonate with the yoof of today.
KIIS and Nova aren’t ballad stations. While it’s good to know the original song, I prefer that they do keep the tempo up and play a remix. Also helps that it extends the shelf life of the song